MBO Cinemas which is currently the cinema operator with the most diversified locations in Malaysia is proud to officially unveil the newly renovated cinema at Setapak Central in Kuala Lumpur.

Before that, let me introduce to MBO Cinemas in case you unfamiliar with it. With 26 locations and 191 screens nationwide, MBO Cinemas offers a comfortable, exciting and memorable cinematic experience for movie goers. MBO Cinemas has introduced new innovations by adding on to the existing impressive cinema technology that it already has in every one of its outlets nationwide, including actuator seats that vibrate with the sound of the movie plus all-new Auro 11.1 3D sound system, which provides 3 layers of speakers (as opposed to the conventional 2 layers) that simulate the most natural 3D acousticsm, giving patrons an immersive movie-going experience at the following venues:

1. Actuator seats: Halls 1,2 and 7 at Citta Mall-Ara Damansara, Halls 1 and 2 at Imago Mall-Kota Kinabalu (the first of its kind in Malaysia)

You can catch blockbuster movies anytime you want with MBO’s “Blockbuster Every 20 Minutes” - which screens blockbuster movies every 20 minutes during peak hours so that you don’t need to wait for long to catch your favourite movies.

The refurbished MBO Cinemas Setapak Central outlet has improved layout, more open spaces in the lobby for waiting guests and enhanced counter service.

In keeping up with the tagline of “Bringing Excitement Near You” and in appreciation to loyal patrons, the refurbished MBO Cinemas Setapak Central outlet has improved layout, more open spaces in the lobby for waiting guests and enhanced counter service including the delicious MBO Cinemas popcorn and a wide choice of beverages.

These reflect the look and feel that will be the theme for future renovations, providing the best movie experience which is further accentuated inside the halls providing reupholstered seats with black faux leather and enhanced sound systems in all the halls plus Barco laser projectors and Auro 3D immersive sound system in Hall 6 of the outlet as well as brand new washrooms in the cinema.

MBO Cinemas’ very own Cafecito, where one can enjoy a nice coffee or a tasty cake before watching a movie or just chilling out while catching trailers of upcoming movies.

The Setapak Central cinema is also user friendly for physically challenged patrons with easy access to all the halls and brand new washrooms.

Aiming to further improve guest comfort experience is MBO Cinemas’ very own Cafecito, where one can enjoy a nice coffee or a tasty cake before watching a movie or just chilling out while catching trailers of upcoming movies.

Adding on to the state of the art offerings, patrons can join the MBO StarClub loyalty programme for free and are entitled to many rewards by using their StarPoints to redeem free movie ticket, popcorn, drinks and other exclusive movie premiums.

Famous artiste Ayda Jebat mesmerizes the guests with her rendition.

As the only cinema with a FREE loyalty programme that offers extensive benefits & privileges, members can also jump in on the Member’s Priority Lane, get free movie tickets on their birthday month & catch exclusive, ‘members only’ free screenings.

MBO also offers “NO” booking fee when you book ticket online. Plus ticket prices are all the same for either 2D or 3D movies! This is the 3rd refurbished cinema to be officially launched with the new concept after MBO The Spring, Kuching and KSL City in Johor Bahru with more in the pipeline.

Hi Converse Fans! Converse and Millie Bobby Brown has made it to Dive into Film. Converse debuts the Forever Chuck Scene videos with breakout actress, exploring classic film scenes that made Chuck Taylor iconic.

In celebration of the daring spirit of youth, Converse debuts the Forever Chuck, a digital and social media series exploring three core cultural scenes that made the Chuck Taylor iconic: film and TV, LA culture and style and the world of Fashion, high and low. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Karim Huu Do, the Forever Chuck series kicks off with “Why Iconic Characters Wear Chucks” celebrating the types of unique characters that have made Chuck Taylor an iconic symbol on-screen.

Actress Millie Bobby Brown is the host of this episode, exploring why the coolest characters in film wear Chucks, and what Chucks say about the characters who wear them – meeting legendary stylist Stephanie Collie (who’s credits include Peaky Blinders & various feature films) to get her expert opinion. Brown was most recently nominated for a People’s Choice Award and Screen Actors Guild Award on behalf of her performance in the critically acclaimed Netflix sensation "Stranger Things."

“The Chuck Taylor has remained a symbol for underdogs, rebels and teen heroes – the characters we love and identify most with - in films and television,” said Julien Cahn, Chief Marketing Officer at Converse. “By pairing some of the most memorable scenes of the past with rising stars of today, we celebrate Chuck Taylor’s legacy and pay homage to its place within youth culture - both on and off screen.”

All of the films within the Forever Chuck series will highlight the confident and daring spirit of youth, a spirit that has defined Chuck Taylor loyalists in the past, present and future. These episodes will be formatted for digital consumption through platforms such as Instagram Stories,and Snapchat, with the “Why Iconic Characters Wear Chucks” launching on February 13 2017.

Hi readers! Did you know yesterday Converse merges on-court athleticism with off-court style with the New Chuck Modern East vs. West? so cool right?

Transformed with leading lightweight modern design, this February 2017, CONVERSE has unveiled the Chuck Modern, a contemporary celebration of a Converse icon inspired by the brand’s 108-year old history. The Chuck Modern fuses Converse’s rich sports heritage with leading technology and innovation to create a sneaker collection that is modern, lightweight and an entirely new evolution to the iconic Chuck Taylor All Star family.

Launching throughout the Spring/Summer 2017 season, the Chuck Modern collection includes the Lux, East vs. West, Chuck Colors, and Future Canvas, collections in Spring and Breathable and Future Mesh collections in Summer.

Chuck Modern East vs. West is the debut of the Chuck Modern Collection in Malaysia. Inspired by the All Star Game, The pair is mean to represent each All-Star team. Paying tribute to on-court athleticism and off-court street style, the Chuck Modern East vs. West Pack has optimized details including reflective elements for standout style, and an upper made out of a reflective backed mesh for athletic style and eye-catching pop.

The Chuck Modern East vs. West collection will be available in Black and White on February 17, 2017 at Converse retail Stores in Pavilion and Mid Valley for a suggested retail price of RM599.90.

How I wish to have a pair of it..haha.. So don't forget to grab it at the Pavillion or Mid Valley peeps!

About Converse

Converse Inc., based in Boston, Massachusetts, is a wholly owned subsidiary of NIKE, Inc.

Established in 1908, the Converse brand has built a reputation as “America’s Original Sports Company”™ and has been associated with a rich heritage of legendary shoes such as the Chuck Taylor® All Star® shoe, the Jack Purcell® shoe and the One Star® shoe. Today, Converse offers a diverse portfolio including lifestyle men's, women's and children’s footwear, apparel and accessories and is sold globally by retailers in over 160 countries. For more information, please visit http://news.nike.com/converse and follow Converse Malaysia Facebook Page

Hi parents! Every parents want the best for their children but sometimes they don't know how to do it and sometimes over do it. Here I will share you the tips for raising muslim children by Mufti Menk.

As a Muslim, there is a guideline for us to educate our children especially when it comes to pray or salah. So hopefully with this 18 Top Tips for Raising Muslim Children from the great Mufti Ismail Menk it will helps us to educate our children wisely.

1. Praise your child, even if they get 4/10 in an exam, praise your child in front of others.

2. Never make your child feel that he or she is useless. Never favour one child over the other.

3. Every time you speak with your children, speak with respect, say “Jazakallahu khair ”, etc. Don’t use slang such as ‘gimme’, instead say ‘please give me’; use clear words, be polite and never swear.

4. You need to bear in mind when your child is young that he or she is just a child, don’t take away their playing time by treating them like adults. If you do this, they will rebel in life.

5. Assist your children in making decisions. He or she must be taught to make decisions. Acknowledge them, guide them by talking to them. If they want to go go for something, then help them plan.

6. Whenever you have decisions to make, ask your child for his or her opinion. For example, if you are going to buy a car, ask them what colour they’d like the car to be. This develops the habit of consultancy in them.

7. If possible, dedicate a corner of the house to your child and write the name of your child there – make it their little space. Put their certificates on the wall; this will make them more confident of themselves.

8. Teach your child to follow you in salah. Lead them rather than merely instructing, it’s a more powerful way to teach them. Your child will remember what he/she sees you doing forever. Start instructing them to read salah at the age of 7, this will help make it easy for them to pray when they reach puberty and it becomes compulsory on them.

9. Teach your children how to put forward their opinions and how to disagree on matters. Don’t use swear words or be aggressive when you disagree on anything as this will be picked up by your child. Children pick up things very fast.

10. Encourage your child to ask questions and try to answer each question. Otherwise, they will get the answer from the wrong source. Praise their questions at times.

11. Always fulfill your promises to your children. Do not make big promises which you cannot fulfill; this makes them develop a habit of making false promises. If you fail to fulfill any promise, explain.

12. It is very important to teach your child how to develop skills of being a member of a group. Team work is very important; this teaches them to give chances to people in life rather always competing.

13. Make dua for your children. Even if they have gone astray, pray for them.

14. Tell them you might fail once, but never lose hope. Teach them how they should react to a failure.

15. Apologize to your child if you have made a mistake, this teaches your child to repent to Allah. Don’t raise ifs and buts when you are wrong; there are no ifs and buts when it comes to repentance.

16. Have a few surprises for your children, to praise their good deeds, give them recognition at home and explain to them that this surprise is for the good deeds that you did.

17. Make sure you train your children to read a portion of Quran daily, according to their capacity.

18. Tell your child repeatedly that you love them, tell them how gorgeous they are and how important they are to you, hug them, its a sunnah to kiss your children.

Its easy right? so lets start to do it! If you feel this message will help one or more of your family or friends, forward this message to them. Perhaps this might be beneficial for them and you will get the ajar for them.

Hi foodies! Anyone love Arab Food? So what is the best Arabic Restaurant you have beem so far? Have you been in Taiba Restaurant before?

Taiba Restaurant is situated in Cyberjaya and Putrajaya,serve authentic Arabic or Yemen Food in Malaysia. It actually one of the chain restaurants of Taiba Restaurant in the Arab. So this restaurant is exactly an established restaurant and have been in Food and Beverage industry for several years.

Walk in into this restaurant, you will be delightful with the beautiful set up of the bar. It was decorated with a beautiful tile from the Arabic country. The teapot and drinks are also arrange very well at the shelves.

This restaurant also have a large dining area that can carter more than 50 pax per time. The seats also very comfortable and the ambience also good for family gathering. My parents love to eat Arab Food and this restaurant is a good place for us for family gathering because of the food and the place.

restaurant layout

the view from the outside

So what about the food?

On that day, I have tried several types of food that served in Taiba Restaurant. For me, all the food was good and it does have the authenticity of Arabic Food compare to others Arab restaurant that I went before.

Mandy rice as we know are mostly served in Arabic restaurant. In here they served several types of rice such as Mandi rice, Kabsa rice and also plain rice. I love the Mandi and Kabsa rice because first the rice itself where the use the imported rice from the Yemen itself, it tastes different and secondly the herb and spices they use to cooks this rice is so flavorful. The rice doesn't taste over power by the herbs.

The Naan bread and the roasted chicken is something you must try because the roasted chicken is so delicious. Do eat with all the veggy to enhance the flavor of the experience.

Tabbouleh

Tabbouleh is Arab appetizer and even though it doesn't look much appetizing it actually does taste good. Tabbouleh is a mixture of onion,parsley and tomato. It taste sour and refreshing!

Mixed Appetizers

Arabic Salad

Arabic salad is one the Taiba Restaurant specialty where it combines lettuce, cucumber,tomatoes, capsicum with Arabic style dressing in it. And yes, most of Arabic salad taste sour and refreshing! This appetizer helps to tantalizing your taste buds when eating the cuisine.

Kabsa Lamb

Kabsa Lamb set is definitely a hot selling menu in this restaurant and most other Arabic restaurant. Like in Taiba the Lamb is so soft, still moist and flavorful.

Mixed Grilled

The mix grilled is a mixture of tasty chicken, lamb & beef, served with fries, garlic sauce & bread. It is one the favorite menu by their customers and the variation of meat item on the plate does help you to feel enough with one plate only. hihi..

Family Set

OK the best deals when you come in a group or family, you can try this Family set that includes 1 Lamb, 3 Chicken , 1 Appetiser, 1 Jug of Fresh Juice. This set is for 4-5 person or maybe can cater more depends on your group appetite, and only cost you RM110 only. It definitely worth it right?

the restaurant manager

So, if you happen to be in Cyberjaya or Putrajaya and love to eat or wnat to try the Yemen or this Arab food do come to this restaurant. It is highly recommended. Even the tea is authentic and nice. :)

Hi beauty... Serum is known as one of the important tools in skincare routine. I do use a serum to maintain my skin. Recently, I received Swissvita Micrite 3D All Use Serum for review and I'm so excited about it.

Before I head on to my review about Swissvita Micrite 3D All Use Serum, let me introduce you with Swissvita first. Swissvita believes in natural beauty, one achieved by sustainably using nature’s best-kept ingredients to deliver skin that is clearer, brighter and most importantly, skin that is completely and beautifully yours.

Their key element is an ingredient named AC-11®, a safe, plant-based, water-soluble plant extract that can only be found in the Amazon Rainforest and clinically proven to repair your DNA, reduce skin damage from the sun and daily life activities as well as double the production of Collagen 3, helping you achieve younger looking skin, reducing the appearance of dark spots and fine lines.

1. Swissvita Mandelic Acid Perfect Ratio Complex Serum

Place a small pearl size of Skin Serum and gently smooth over face until absorbed. Apply AM and PM. Avoid eye area.

Its so light and watery

The consistency of this serum is so light and the watery based from it makes you feel comfortable applying it to your skin. It doesn't makes my face oily and just noted that you will felt a little bit sore when you applying it due to acid content. But it just for temporary only.

2. Swissvita Micrite 3D All Use Whitening Serum

Swissvita Micrite 3D All Use Whitening Serum

creamy texture

This creamy texture of this serum allows you to feel more moisture in your skin, and for me after applying a light moisturizer I didn't have any oily skin issue. After a week using it, I do found my skin tone is more even and smoother.

Characteristic :

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THE POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE AC-11®

JAM-PACKED WITH POTENT INGREDIENTS

EXCELLENT FOR ALL SKIN TYPE

Benefits :

Even skintone while brightening and hydrating.

How to Use :

Place a small pearl size of Skin Serum and gently smooth over face until absorbed. Apply AM and PM. Avoid eye area.

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